Hunter's Title

Hunter's Titles are indicators of experience and seniority in MouseHunt. Rank is based on the quality and quantity of mice caught. As hunters catch more mice, they become more experienced. More experienced hunters gain access to new areas (though occasionally they must collect the proper loot) and become more effective at hunting, crafting and using potions.

Titles

Rank	Shield	New locations	Total locations*	Crafting slots	Additional abilities
Novice	white shield	Meadow	1
Recruit	white shield with a vertical grey line down the middle	Town of Gnawnia	2
Apprentice	yellow shield	Windmill	3		Send supplies via Give To Friends feature 15 minutes Hunter's Horn
Initiate	yellow shield with a vertical black line down the middle	Harbour King's Gauntlet	5	2	Marketplace Crafting Accumulate Stale Cheese
Journeyman	orange shield	Mountain Calm Clearing	7	3	Use Charms
Master	purple shield	Laboratory Town of Digby Mousoleum Great Gnarled Tree	11	4
Grandmaster	blue shield	Bazaar Training Grounds Dojo Meditation Room Pinnacle Chamber Lagoon	17	5
Legendary	green shield	Catacombs Forbidden Grove Acolyte Realm S.S. Huntington II Cape Clawed Elub Shore Nerg Plains Derr Dunes	25	6	Improved contents in Loyalty Chests
Hero	black shield with a white star in the center	Jungle of Dread	26	7
Knight	black shield with a yellow cross in the center	Dracano Balack's Cove	28	8
Lord/Lady	black shield with a blue outline and a gold bullseye in the center	Seasonal Garden Zugzwang's Tower Crystal Library	31	9	Improved contents in Loyalty Chests Maximum Tower Amplifier of 150%
Baron/Baroness	black shield with a blue outline and 2 golden lines down the middle with 2 golden stars on the edges	Fiery Warpath Muridae Market	33	10	Maximum Tower Amplifier of 160%
Count/Countess	red shield with a dark blue outline and a single black stripe down the middle		33	11	Maximum Tower Amplifier of 175%
Duke/Duchess	black shield with a dark blue outline and a turquoise dot at the top-center above two diagonal golden wings connected at their base		33	12
Grand Duke/ Grand Duchess	green shield		33	13

*Excludes event locations

Rank Advancement

Rank advancement is not based directly on the points earned. So, rank will not increase through the bonus points earned through sounding the horn, Lab Research, Acolyte Relics etc. Instead the rank progress bar increases through trap checks and going on hunts.

Every hunt gives some base progress. The same progress is always made when a mouse is not caught — that is, some progress is made even if a mouse is not attracted or when one steals points or cheese. If one catches a mouse, additional progress is made based on a formula known only to the developers (see approximation below). The higher a player's level, the longer it takes to advance to the next level.

Hunters can share 1 King's Credit each with 3 friends by publishing the news when they level up to a new rank title. The advancement also appears in the Hunter's Journal.

Rank Advancement formula

The formula for the rank advancement seems to be linear and so it can be well approximated based on even a small number of hunts.

Rank advancement formula when a hunter is going on a hunt:

mouse_factor * points_for_mouse + base_points

Note, points_for_mouse means points a hunter gets for a mouse based on its breed (Brown, White etc). If a mouse was not caught this is always 0 (which means you only get base points then).

Factors calculated for each hunter's title

hunter's title	base points	mouse factor	max error	hunts
Journeyman	0.0810	0.0003252	0.0076	65
Master	0.0295	0.0001160	0.0092	100
Grandmaster	0.0130	0.0000533	0.0079	65
Legendary	0.0062	0.0000247	0.0067	65
Hero	0.0032	0.0000110	0.0087	115
Knight	0.0016	0.0000049	0.0093	120

Note, there is no way to calculate exact factors as the current rank is shown rounded to 2 decimal places.

Exception: The Acolyte Mouse advances the hunter more quickly than other mice. For example, the expected advancement at the Knight rank would be about 0.196 of a percentage point, but in actuality it will be by 0.34 of a percentage point.

History and Trivia

• Before 30 June 2010, the Recruit and Initiate titles did not exist. The old "Novice" was split into Novice and Recruit, and the old "Apprentice" was split into Apprentice and Initiate.

• Previously, the ranks of Lady, Baroness, and Countess had a pink outline instead of the blue outline of their male and unidentified gender equivalents. In all other ways, these shields were the same.

• Duchess was originally spelled as Dutchess. The devs changed this on 12 October 2010, only a few hours after the title was introduced.

• Grand Duchess was originally spelled as Grand Dutchess. It was changed on 5 July 2011, approximately ten days after the title was received.

External links

• Game page with descriptions